Hay-rack.



G. H. MALLORY.

HAY RACK.

AEPucATloN HLED 1111111.13. 1918.

138mm@ Patented 001.11918.

WITESSESv @M SY ATTORNEY UNITED sTATEsfATENr pornos,

' Pierce,

GEORGE HgMALLoEY, 6E PIERCE, nEiaAsifza.

To all whom'z't may comer/n:- f `Be 1t known that I, GEORGE H. MALLoRY, aA citizen'of the United States, residing at of Nebraska, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hay-Backs, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to wagons, j and morevespecially to hay racks adapted to be mounted on the running gear of an vordinary wagon in place of the bed or body thereof; and the ,object of the same is to providei such a hay rack with from the ruiming gear. l

Other objects will appear in the following specification, and reference is made to the drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a side elevation of this Vhay rack with its standards raised to their limit,

Fig. 2 is a plan view of this hayrack,

Fig. 3 is an end elevation with its standards run down and serving as feet. l

Two parallel sills 1 stand on edge and are bridged by cleats 2, and these sills may rest on the bolster B inside the stakes S as seen at the left in Fig. l where the bolster is out-'- side the cleat, or at the right of Fig. 1 where the bolster is inside of the cleat, the disposition depending on the length of the vrunning gear and therefore the spacing of its bolsters. Secured across and extending beyond the sills are end` bars 3 and intermediate cross bars 4, upon and over which a flooring the may be laid if it is desired, although same is not shown in the drawings. The end bars carry upright posts 5 connected byY transverse slats 6 forming the ends of the rack; and the intermediate crossy bars carry uprights 7 at their ends, while the sides of the rack are formed by oblique strips 8 secured to the posts and uprights as perhapsV best seen in Fig. 1. Thereby is produced an extremely light hay rack which when emptied can be lifted onto or oft' of the running gear by two men very easily, if it be made in the proper proportions and of the proper materials.

The principal feature of my invention is to provide improved standards at the ends of this rack, made up of elements which can be employed as legs or feet Vto hold. the rack upright when it is put on the ground or barn floor. The numeral 10 designates guides of strap metal, each substantially Vof U-shape with feet at its ends, and these are n HAY-neck.

Specication of Letters Patent.

` Application mea March 1s, 151s. serial No. 222,147.

in the county of Pierce and Statev the perforations 14 in the bars.

through a pair of saidguides, -thebarbeing provided near its lower-end witha. transverse perforation lpvafnd a little `higher, with"y a transverse perforation-14. A pin 15 is now passedhorizontally through thelower-l standards which `may be used as legs or feet when the rack is removed vmostvguide, the same being provided ywith holes for that purpose, and through one of the perforations 13 or 14 in the bar 12. When these standard bars are run up as f-nailedV or screwed tothe slats 6 and ythe -end l .for oneof the bars,Y of the standard. The

indicated in Fig. 1 they serve the ordinary function of standards at the extremities of vthe hay rack, and an overhead longitudinal pole may connect them as vusual but as is not thought necessary to show in the drawings. At thistime their lower ends will be about Hush with the lowermost guides, and

the pins 15 will be run through the lower perforations 13. When now the rack is to be removed from the running gear, the pins 15 are withdrawn and the standard bars 12 allowed to drop to the position best seen in Fig. 3, and the pins 15`reinserted through the holes in the lower guide or guides and The latter are therefore no longer projected above the ends of therack butY their lower ends project downward alongside the sills and constitute legs, their lower extremities being feet standing about parallel with the lower edges of the sills and therefore resting on the ground or barn ioor when the rack is removedl from the vehicle. Itis obvious that a greater adjustment could be given these bars if they were provided with additional perforations. It is of course quite kpossible to insert the pins 15 through the guides 10 in a direction at right angles to that shown, so that one end of the pins will stand within the slats; and while I have spoken of pins, it is of course quite possible to use other fastening means such as bolts or the like. I therefore retain the broadest latitude in this respect. These standard bars are shownras converging to an extent which would make their upper ends meet when their lower ends are about flush with the end cross bars 3, but this convergence is not absolutely necessary as the parts mightbe set to require the standards toV run higher before the pins 18. Also,

t were inserted* inrthe lowerm'ost* perforation buta single sills, `or even below thein to take the entire Weightsozthe rack off-the terials .of par-tsfWillibe-fleft eturerf i sills if preferred. The proportions andinariedLJby-ieaeh end landdisposedl two lines y'converging upward, p eertain-'fof saidrgu'ides f having-transverseholes, stgmdardhars't slidably mountedjthroughfsaid guidesfandeach having laiplurality-o ffperloratonsand'pins o bedr at the lower engaging the 'rperforations" 1 setflfor'th K Ingtestiniony whereof I mypsignature perforations, for the purposeset` forth..y

'2l In a hay rack',` the combination with the structure including slatted ends; of a standard for each end made up of tWo bars converging upward and each providedxwith a series of transverse perforatons, guides the end on lines converging upward toward eachother and certain ofsaid guidesvhavingtransverse-holes,

1 fandprns engaging; the holes g and^` selectively *for `'the' purpose *in -presenceib tWo Witnesses.

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